New Release - Autumn Girls - Autumn Wishes - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone wishing you all a lovely Saturday and a great weekend ahead......

I'm back today with another Autumn has card using one of the brand new Autumn Girls stamps by Lili of the Valley (LOTV)  

There are 10 absolutely gorgeous Autumn girls available in the Etsy shop as a full set or you can buy the individual stamps if you prefer.

For my card today I've used the gorgeous Reading Girl coloured with my promarkers.  These gorgeous images don't really need much so I used distress inks blended across the sky background.

The sentiment I have used is from the Autumn Sentiments set  simply nestled into the design.

I decided to die cut an arched frame for the little scene, using a pretty paper from the secret garden collection.  After cutting the arch away, I blended orange ink around the paper then splattered it with copper watercolour paint.

I ink smooshed a couple of strips of watercolour card using orange, brown and green distress ink and then once dried, die cut lots of leaves to scatter at the bottom of the card.

Finishing touches were some champagne confetti and white gelly roll pen highlights.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share for Lili of the Valley (LOTV)

#LOTV #Liliofthevalley # LOTVdt

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

                  

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp   - Autumn Girls - Reading Girl

LOTV Designer Paper - Secret Garden

LOTV Digital sentiment - Autumn Sentiments set

Distress Ink - spiced marmalade, brushed corduroy, rustic wilderness

Crafters Companion - leaf dies

Metallic Watercolour paint - copper

Spellbinders confetti - champagne

Sakura gelly roll pen - white

     

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Purcasso - Freebie Digital Stamp - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! I hope that you've had a great week and the weather has been kind where you are. It's Andalusia Day or Día de Andalucía so a holiday ! yes I know another one....lol

Today I'm back to share a colourful card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the February freebie digital stamp - this is Purrcasso....he looks like he's having a lots of messy fun.

 

Every month Julia McNeill very generously gives away a fabulous digital stamp, which is available to everyone in her Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive and also to her followers via Instagram, all you need is to use your email address to register for the stamp. 

Here is the link to register and download this months digital stamp.

If you have missed any of the previous freebies then Julia has kindly put together a list of them all with the links for each so you can download them and don't forget to share your projects in the group as we would love to see them.  Here is the full list of the freebies 

To create my card today I've used distress inks directly onto the A6 card blank blending through a paint splatter stencil in a rainbow of colours and then splattered black watercolour paint over this to create my messy background. Next I stamped the two sentiments onto the card in black ink.

I coloured Purrcasso with my Polychromos for a softer furry look and then fussy cut him out before adding to the card with foam tape for dimension.

The finishing touches were some clear iridescent sequins around the design and glossy accents to the paint splatter.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Purrcasso Freebie Digital Stamp

Distress Inks - squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, peacock feathers, mowed lawn, candied apple, villainous potion, wilted violet

Lawn Fawn stencil - Paint splatter background.

Woodware sentiment stamps - rainbow gnome, garden dream catcher 

black watercolour paint

sugar and spice sequins - Unicorn mix

Glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Life is Sweeter - New Release - Princess of Hearts Mini collection - with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday! 

I hope that you've had a great week and you are not suffering too much with the cold weather....it's lovely and sunny here during the day and quite hot if you are working in the sun but as soon as you are in the shade or inside the house it's blooming freezing... LOL oh well it will soon be Spring...The almond trees are already blossoming.

Today I'm back to share a sweet card for JMC Designs  that I've made using the brand new Princess of Hearts mini collection.

This fabulous new mini digi kit contains:

• 1 digi image line art & pre coloured

• 2 ephemera sheets line art & pre coloured

• 3 digi papers

It's definitely perfect for anyone that loves Alice in Wonderland or the very popular Wicked (I've still not seen it but it's on my watchlist !)

For my striking card today I've used the yummy looking fairy cake - coloured with promarkers and its also been foiled in hot pink although its quite hard to see in the photo.

I used the blank and white harlequin paper for the background with a simple offset white die cut heart splattered with metallic black watercolour paint.

Finishing touches were some black glossy drops around the design.

Don't forget to share your creations with this lovely new kit in the Facebook group JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive 

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Princess of Hearts Mini digital collection

Minc Foil - hot pink

Black glossy drops

Metallic black watercolour paint.

Sakura Gelly roll - White Pen

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

You warm my heart - New Release - Hug in a Mug with Julia McNeil Designs

Hello everyone Happy Sunday I hope you are having a good weekend!

I'm sharing another project today for JMC Designs as part of our Craftober challenge.  

It's Craftober all this month over at JMC Designs so that means another prompt to inspire you to create.

There's still plenty of time for you to join in and you could be in with a chance of a prize from Julia ...the winner will receive an A6 Stamp of their choice and a 30% discount off their next order!  

All you need to do is create a project following the prompt for the day, using JMC Designs products and upload this to the Facebook group album.  JMC's Crazy Crafty Hive  If you don't have any products yet there are plenty of Freebies in the group once you have joined for you to use.

Here is the list of daily prompts.

 

Today the prompt is 'Purple' - My absolute favourite colour so I had to create something.

I've created a  snowy scene using stamps from the Frosted Marshmallow stamp set using the mirror stamping technique - if you haven't tried this fun and very easy technique then there is a great tutorial over on the YouTube channel that explains how you can reverse or mirror stamp using a gelli plate link here.  

Don't worry if you don't have a gelli plate, you can also use the back of a silicone stamp or a silicone stamp mat to achieve the same mirror stamping technique.

I stamped the snowman twice, reversing one of the images and the sentiment from the stamp set using black alcohol friendly ink.  For my scene I also stamped the flame 3 times and the little chocolate sticks 5 times.  The images were coloured using my promarkers (see below for colours) and then I fussy cut them out.  Don't worry if your cutting isn't perfect as I like to edge the images with a marker pen once cut out and this helps to hide any little mistakes.

Next I created my purple inks smooshed background, using some watercolour card. I sprayed the background with distress spritz to give a lovely purple shimmer and then splattered the panel with white ink from my posca pen before mounting this onto a panel of purple card. 

To create my scene I die cut snowy hills from white glitter card, adhering this to the bottom and then used foam tape to adhere my snowmen toasting their marshmallows over the fire.  I thought the little chocolate sticks were perfect for the fire wood. 

To finish off my card I added glitter to the pompoms and blended a little yellow ink around the fire and onto the snowmen's tummy's to give the effect of a glow from the fire.

I do hope that you like my card for today and I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

JMC Designs - Hug in a Mug Collection - Frosted Marshmallow Stamp set

JMC Designs - Hug in a Mug Collection - Coffee & Chocolate Stamp set

Distress Ink - shaded lilac,  villainous potion,  wilted violet, scattered straw

Distress Spritz - wilted violet

Cosmic Shimmer - Cosmic Twinkles - Icicle blue

Posca pen - white

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White Pen

Ecoline Brush Pen - deep grey

Promarkers used:

chocolate sticks:    walnut, henna, caramel

                            caramel, tan, champagne

snowmen:             lavender, blender

                            antique pink, dusky rose, pale pink

hats:                    aubergine, plum, mulberry, orchid

scarves                 prussian, violet, bluebell, blue pearl

flames:                 yellow, pumpkin, ginger, orange

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog - Guest Designer - CAS - Colorado Craft Company - Stay Curious!

Hello everyone happy Thursday ... I hope that your week has gone well so far...not long to go now until the weekend.

I'm back again to share my third card as Guest Chick for the month of September for the Krafty Chicks.

Every Thursday there is a new challenge on the Krafty Chicks blog and this week the challenge is CAS or Clean and Simple. 

You can check out all the rules over on the blog itself and it would be wonderful if you join in with the fun.

I really love the CAS style of card but I definitely find it a challenge - knowing when to stop adding things so here is my CAS card project and I hope that you like it!

My card today is a standard white landscape A6 card blank with a simple mat layer of a white card for the design panel.

The image of the cute little dog investigating the plant pot is drawn by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company and its such a sweet image and perfect for a CAS card.

I stamped the image using a brown Versafine Clair ink to give a softer look to the image and then used distress inks to watercolour the image.  To add extra depth and details I've used a combination of coloured pencils and a white gelly roll pen.

The sentiment is also part of this little stamp set and also stamped this is brown ink....and that's it, no sparkle and no extras, definitely CAS.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card for today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Colorado Craft Company - clear stamp - Stay Curious

Distress Inks - mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, hickory smoke, gathered twigs, old paper, brushed corduroy, ripe persimmon

Versafine Clair ink - pinecone

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x 

Sending Love - Bumble Buzz Digital collection with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday - Yay the best day of the week ! (and I'm retired lol)

I hope that you have all had a great week and have something nice planned for the weekend, hopefully we'll be wandering into town this evening for a few drinks at our favourite bar.

It's nearly the middle of September and Autumn is definitely here...the evenings are cooling off fast and the daytime temperatures are in the low to mid 30's so a lovely respite after the high temperatures of this Summer.

Today I'm sharing a project for JMC Designs  that I've created using the absolutely gorgeous Bumble Buzz Digital Collection.

The gorgeous digital collection contains 

• 15 Digital Stamps
• 15 Pre Coloured Digital Stamps
• 6 Ephemera Sheets
• 5 Topper Sheets
• 4 Sentiment Sheets
• 23 papers.

and I think there's definitely something for everyone, if you love to colour or not.

For my card today I chose one of the gorgeous pre-coloured roses from the ephemera and the pink and brown striped paper.  I love making cute character based cards but sometimes we need a card that's less cutesy and this rose stem is perfect for a more grown up but still whimsical look.

I wanted an Autumn flavoured card so have teamed this with some lovely chocolate brown satin card using one of my dies to cut a scalloped frame for my DL card.

I blended a little pink distress ink onto a white DL panel and then used some pink metallic watercolour to splatter across this panel.  

Next I fussy cut the rose stem from the ephemera in the collection and then added this to the card using some 3D silicone glue gel for dimension.  The sentiment is a simple word die that I have layered chocolate card and white card on top to give a drop shadow.

The finishing touches were some drops of glossy accents on the petals and leaves, to resemble water droplets and a few pieces of rose confetti.

I do hope that you like my card for today and Id love it if you'd leave me a comment. 

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

JMC Designs - Bumble Buzz Digital collection

Distress Ink - picked raspberry

Lisa Horton Crafts - Euphoria Watercolours

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - White Pen

Spellbinders confetti - rose

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Feeling Zesty - Orange house & Orange Trees Card - Fruitropolis collection with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Sunday I hope that you are enjoying your weekend ! We spent most of yesterday indoors as the temperatures rose to 40C - it was just too hot to be outside much until around 7pm but it was a nice day for chilling, catching up on my blog and reading.  

Today I'm sharing a fun card for JMC Designs  that I've created using stamps from the brand new Fruitropolis Collection.  There are 4 sets of stamps in the collection and I have used stamps from The Orangery and Pear Place for my card today. 

I wanted to create a more or less one layer card today so started with a square piece of watercolour card stock. First I stamped the Orange house in the bottom corner of the card using Versafine Clair ink (great for water colouring !).  I created a couple of masks, stamping onto Post it note paper - I like to use post it / sticky notes as they are cheap, reusable and really thin so don't cause any problems with stamping.  

I masked off the top of the orange house ans then used the orange tree stamp to stamp a tree so its behind the house.  Next I stamped two more orange trees, using a mask of the tree to allow me to again stamp one tree behind the other, slightly higher up the page as this was going to create a little perspective with the furthest away tree on a hillside.  You'll notice I added a little hedgerow extending this from the house to the edge of the card panel.

Once I was happy with the stamping I then used masking tape to mask off a 1 cm border all around the card.

The first water colouring would be my background, so the sky and the hillside using a combination of Spectrum Noir sparkle pens and my Lisa Horton Crafts watercolour paints.  Once the background was completely dry I removed the masking tape and then started to colour the rest of the design.  I really like the way the images extend over the border - I think it gives a nice effect.

Once all the watercolour had been added I allowed the panel to dry thoroughly and then added all the little details and highlights.  White gelly roll pen  and black Fineliner details.  

I used the little caterpillar and the path from the Pear Place set to add a few extra details and the used the black Fineliner pen to add a couple of wiggly lines around the edge of the water coloured panel.  I added fine green lines for grass around the trees and on the hillside.

The sentiment was stamped onto card and cut out along with fussy cutting the caterpillar, these were both mounted using foam tape to give a little dimension to the card.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card for today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
JMC Designs  - Fruitropolis Stamps - The Orangery & Pear Place

Versafine Clair ink – Morning Mist

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens - tangerine, firefly, garden green

Lisa Horton Crafts - Euphoria Watercolour paints

Spectrum Noir Art liner – black 03

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen – white

Posca Pen - white

                      

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

You're So Sweet - Stay Cool Ice creams with Studiolight

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Friday! I hope that you have had a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend. 

I'm on my blog today with a very Summery card that I've made using a new set of clear stamps.  These sweet ice creams are from a set by Studiolight and I wanted to create something for the current Simon Says Stamp July challenge on Instagram to use the three colours pink, blue and green, a perfect combination for Summer!

This is a simple A6 (UK Size) card created with a layer of white card on a white card blank.  

I started off by stamping the three ice creams onto watercolour card stock and then coloured them using my watercolour paints, sticking to the theme, before fussy cutting out and using a black marker to hide the white outline.

Next I stamped the three ice creams onto a panel of white card before using my texture stamp and distress inks to create the splatters - I think they look like splashes of ice cream dropped onto the page.

Once the distress ink was dry I adhered the fussy cut ice creams into place along with a sweet sentiment from the set which I adhered with foam tape after doodling a black outline.  

Next I added white gel pen highlights here and there and some clear iridescent sequins to finish off my card for today.

I really hope that you have enjoyed my card for today and will drop by again to see my next project.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:Please note contains some Affiliate links at no cost to you if you purchasing using these.

Studiolight clear stamps - Friendz - Stay Cool

Distress Ink - salty ocean, mowed lawn, picked raspberry

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Watercolour paints 

Craftwork Cards Stamps - Stamp it II

Sugar & Spice Sequins - Unicorn mix

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - white, black

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Orange Tree Wreath Card - New Release - Fruitropolis with Julia McNeill Designs

Hello everyone Happy Friday I hope that your week has gone well !  

Today I'm sharing a project for JMC Designs  that I've created using stamps from the brand new Fruitropolis Collection.  There are 4 sets of stamps in the set and ill be using The Orangery and Pear Place for my card today. 

I've created a short video showing how I created this wreath card and I do hope you will head over to my YouTube Channel to watch it.

If you like my card today, I'd be really grateful if you would also leave me a comment, like and subscribe to my channel so you wont miss future videos I'll be sharing.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:
JMC Designs  - Fruitropolis Stamps - The Orangery & Pear Place

Distress Inks - Abandoned coral, Ripe persimmon, Saltwater taffy, Worn lipstick, Picked raspberry, Mowed lawn, Twisted citron, Carved pumpkin, Fossilized amber, Vintage photo, Gathered twigs

Versafine Clair ink – Pinecone Sakura Gelly Roll Pen – white Spectrum Noir Art liner – black 03 Spectrum Aqua pen - Sunset Sticky notes Stamping platform & T Ruler Acrylic block Water brush Kaiser Kraft self-adhesive gems - orange

Card base Kraft card 147mm x 147mm ( 5 ¾ “ x 5 ¾") Stamping panel of heavyweight card stock 300GSM 144mm x 144 mm

                      

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

Happy Birthday Fairy card with Crafter's Companion

Hello....Happy Saturday and Happy June everyone! I hope you all had a great week and have a lovely weekend planned.  

I have a slightly different card to share with you today - something a little more traditional I suppose but it was made for a commission for an 80th birthday so I've gone a bit old school with a little decoupage combined with a more modern background.

I was asked to make a card with a fairy theme so this is my creation and fingers crossed it was what was wanted.

I started by creating a pretty ink smooshed background with pink distress inks on watercolour card.  I like to let each layer dry before using a different colour as it gives a wonderful layered effect. I splattered the panel with pearl silver watercolour ink and water to create texture and shine.

Then I used some very old but never used stamps from my stash - its a set of Flower Fairies by Crafters Companion - bought many moons ago but unused.  They are even unmounted rubber stamps so I had to cut them out too before I cut used them. How things have changed over the years!

I originally planned to use the main fairy stamp but I just couldn't get it to look how I wanted to decided to use the blossom stamps around the edge of the watercolour panel in a grey Versafine ink. 

I used stamped a few extra onto card to colour and then fussy cut out.  I like to have dimension on my cards.  

I then chose a pre-coloured fairy from a a Fairyopolis cd from Crafters Companion and printed this out, fussy cutting it out and adhering to the card so the fairy is standing on one of the branches.  The licensed images are based on the original Flower Fairies artwork by Cicely Mary Barker

The personalised sentiment was created in my graphics software, printed out and then I blended pink distress ink so it toned with the design.

To finish off I added some clear sparkle to the wings and some clear iridescent sequins around the design.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next card that I share, made using this set.

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Crafters Companion - Flower Fairies Friends Stamp - Wild Cherry

Distress Inks - tattered rose, spun sugar, worn lipstick, Victorian velvet, kitsch flamingo

Craftelier Watercolour paint - Gold set - pearl silver

Sugar and Spice sequins - candy floss

Crafters Companion CD - Fairyopolis

Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen - clear

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

Wendy x

I Love Promarkers #557 - Shapes - Sponsored by Sheepski Designs

Hello everyone wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! 

I'm on my blog today for the new bi-weekly I Love Promarkers blog challenge , it would be wonderful if you joined us over there if you love to colour with alcohol markers and don't forget there are prizes up for grabs.  

You can find all of the rules and details for the challenge over on the blog. 

This challenge is being sponsored by Sheepski Designs

Here is my inspiration card for the current blog challenge with the theme - Use Shapes, using the very beautiful Wild Roses digital stamp.  

My favourite colour combination at the moment is yellow and purple, they are such happy Spring colours so I decided my wild roses would be a pale yellow. Todays card is a 5" x 7" portrait card. 

I resized the digital image to suit my design and then printed out on alcohol marker friendly card stock before colouring with Promarkers (see below for colours) and fussy cutting out. 

I then used my Minc machine to apply rose gold foil over the top of the floral image, it gives it such a beautiful finish.

Next I created the background panel, starting with a piece of white card stock, I used several hexagon dies to cut out apertures in the panel and then used a floral embossing folder to add texture.                                                                                                 

I used a piece of purple designer paper adhering this behind the apertures and then splattered gold metallic paint over the entire panel.  

Once dry I mounted the panel onto my card blank using foam tape and then used foam tape to add the wild rose sprig over the design. 

The finishing touches were a few pieces of rose gold confetti around the design and a simple strip sentiment.

I really hope that you like my card today and will drop by again to see my next project and don't forget to join in with the challenge over on the I Love Markers blog

Hasta luego 👋 

Enjoy the rest of your day !

Card recipe:

Sheepski Designs - Wild Rose 

Lisa Horton Crafts Strip Sentiment

Craftelier Essential Dies - Hexagons

Spellbinders Embossing Folder - M-Bossabilities - Awesome Blossoms

Craft Consortium Designer Series Paper - Ink Drops - Vivid

Minc foil - Rose Gold

Pretty Pink Posh Confetti - Rose gold

Craftelier Watercoolers - gold collection

Promarkers used :

Roses:      yellow, lemon, primrose

Leaves:    forest green, bright green, lime zest

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x